old maid

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [ohld meyd]
- /oʊld meɪd/
- /əʊld meɪd/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [ohld meyd]
- /oʊld meɪd/

Definitions of old maid words

noun old maid Disparaging and Offensive. an elderly or confirmed spinster. 1
noun old maid a fussy, timid, prudish person. 1
noun old maid Cards. a simple game, played with a deck having one card removed, in which the players draw from one another to match pairs and the one holding an odd queen at the end loses. the loser of such a game. 1
noun old maid mature spinster, unmarried woman 1
countable noun old maid People sometimes refer to an old or middle-aged woman as an old maid when she has never married and they think that it is unlikely that she ever will marry. This use could cause offence. 0
noun old maid a woman regarded as unlikely ever to marry; spinster 0

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Origin of old maid

First appearance:

before 1520

One of the 28% oldest English words

First recorded in 1520-30

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Parts of speech for Old maid

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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old maid popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 43% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for old maid

noun old maid

bachelor girl — a young unmarried woman, esp one who is self-supporting
dotard — a person, especially an old person, exhibiting a decline in mental faculties; a weak-minded or foolish old person.
fuddy-duddy — a person who is stuffy, old-fashioned, and conservative.
fussbudget — a fussy or needlessly fault-finding person.
fusspot — a fussbudget.

All 10 Synonyms of old maid